Symbotic Acquires German Automation Firm Cellumation

Symbotic Inc., the Wilmington, Massachusetts, maker of robotics systems for warehouses, said on October 13, 2026 that it had bought cellumation GmbH, a German automation company based in Bremen, according to Securities.io. Neither side disclosed what Symbotic paid.

Cellumation, founded in 2017 with more than 70 employees, builds the celluveyor, a sortation surface assembled from hundreds of hexagonal cells fitted with omnidirectional wheels that can each be controlled separately, allowing goods to be routed in any direction without changeover between product types. The system is already running at postal, parcel, e-commerce and logistics operators, the companies said.

The German firm will continue under its own name and brand as a Symbotic subsidiary, keeping its Bremen headquarters and existing customers, while the technology is also folded into Symbotic's systems. Co-founders Hendrik Thamer, chief executive, and Claudio Uriarte, chief technology officer, will stay on.

Symbotic said the deal expands its footprint in Europe and should let it shrink the space its sortation equipment requires. Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Cohen said the purchase follows Symbotic's earlier acquisitions of ARMS Innovations and Fox Robotics, and that the celluveyor will be sold directly to customers and integrators as a standalone product.

This story was first reported by Securities.io.